CRICKET.
TO THE EDITOR. Sup—.Mr B. R. Macdonald attempts to knock me out in one round for my state* n.out re Fostlethwaite’s wrongful dismissal. Icm inform him that I read the rules relating to umpires before sending in the report, and that there are eleven rules relating to their duties, (he appears to think the r e is only one) ; and further, that the Marylebono Rules in Murdoch’s Book on Cricket for 1893 do not contain the rule fie emotes, This is truly beautiful (to quote Mr B. R. Macdonald), as he charges me with making my own laws. Thera \yas not a person on the ground who could not but see that Fostlethwaite was wrongfully’ ’dis(«.'issed ? apd. \ph9tb3t he (Fostlethwaite) is a sportsnla.il Qi‘ HQt, it iyas his duty to his team to have appealed against sijcJj. an unfair decision. The other qippire woqld have decided oqt, !) and rqle 43 says H that whan the uippireq disagree the actual state of things shall continue.” Fostlethwaite, therefore, would have returned to the batting crease, lam, etc., Wo Catch,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2579, 9 November 1893, Page 2
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178CRICKET. Temuka Leader, Issue 2579, 9 November 1893, Page 2
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